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Title:
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Jacksonville Juvenile Detention [Community] Center: An Application of Adaptive Architecture
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Creator:
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Petersen, Erika Lynn
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Subject:
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Thesis (M.Arch.) -- Architecture
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Subject:
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Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Architecture
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Rights:
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Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Abstract:
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As of 2010, Florida had the third highest number of juvenile offenders in residential detention facilities in the
country. With an increase in reports of corruption and maltreatment, the juvenile justice system is in dire need of reform.
The main objective of this thesis is the design of a juvenile detention center focused around the successful rehabilitation
of its population. Typical juvenile detention centers today are designed as utilitarian fortresses that continuously remind
the inmate of their wrong doing. Younger offenders require a different approach then their older counterparts and
continuous punishment does not treat these juveniles, instead they eventually become career criminals. Through design,
this state-owned center will function to replicate the places most adolescents find positive influences, but that has failed
them; at home or in schools. The center will be broken down to a smaller scale where fewer inmates are housed and
taught together so that they have more individualized attention. These small “pods” will give a sense of belonging to the
youth and will be arranged around a larger inner area of support resources and general assembly facilities. As the center
houses fewer inmates, due to effective rehabilitation, the complex will transform in phases to become a fully functioning
community center focused on preventing at-risk youth from reaching the penal system.
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Publisher:
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Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
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Date:
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2013-05
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Format:
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PDF : 193 p. : ill
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